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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the author describe in the final section of Chapter 1?
(a) A dream.
(b) A sleepless night.
(c) His headache.
(d) His hunger.

2. In Chapter 3, what did the author note about Jean in their debate?
(a) He was narrow-minded.
(b) He was intellectually manipulative.
(c) He had little valid arguments.
(d) He was witty.

3. What does the author describe in the prologue?
(a) His job.
(b) His dreams.
(c) His house.
(d) His peaceful and productive country life.

4. Where was the author's apartment in Chapter 5?
(a) Ft. Lauderdale.
(b) Maine.
(c) New York.
(d) Connecticut.

5. What was the name of the author's friend that he narrates about in Chapter 3?
(a) Todd.
(b) Tommy.
(c) Tony.
(d) Tobey.

6. What did the author and Tobey compete in, in Chapter 6?
(a) A race.
(b) Home run derby.
(c) A hot dog eating contest.
(d) Ring Toss.

7. What does the prologue offer the reader?
(a) Describe's the author's visions.
(b) A background on the author's family.
(c) An excuse to read more.
(d) A sense of the author as a human being.

8. According to Chapter 3, what did the author and his friend do in their free time?
(a) Go to baseball games.
(b) Camp.
(c) Play house.
(d) Explore the wilderness.

9. Where did the author take refuge after he and Tobey stopped exploring together?
(a) The dog house.
(b) Under his bed.
(c) Under the front porch.
(d) The tree house.

10. In Chapter 3, what does the author mention he and his friend discovered together?
(a) A dead horse.
(b) A dead mule.
(c) A dead deer.
(d) A dead cat.

11. Where did the author go the day he parted with his friend in Chapter 3?
(a) His sister, Alison's.
(b) His paternal grandmother's.
(c) His maternal grandmother's.
(d) His dad's.

12. What does the author mention his life was often interrupted by, in the prologue?
(a) Drunken visits to London.
(b) Visits from his family.
(c) Drunken visits to New York.
(d) His mom.

13. What is understood about the author and his perception of the people he introduces in Chapters 2 and 3?
(a) He understands the people more while writing about them, rather than when he was living it.
(b) He loves and feels supports from them.
(c) He hates them.
(d) He needs them.

14. Where did Jean travel to get the things he needed to begin his plans of making money in Chapter 3?
(a) North.
(b) West.
(c) South.
(d) Up the road.

15. How long did the pianist live in the author's mom's apartment?
(a) 5 years.
(b) 10 years.
(c) 1 year.
(d) 9 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who of the following is NOT mentioned being with the author at the beginning of Chapter 2?

2. What does the author feel is necessary to be interrupted?

3. When did the peak of the pianist and Jean's relationship occur?

4. What writing style does the author repeat throughout the book?

5. According to the prologue, when did the author find himself racing home?

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